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To: Robert Douglas Hickey who wrote (6)7/24/1998 2:49:00 PM
From: Postman  Respond to of 1582
 
Damn him, mangy ass broker:

My stock-
broker
and broker
damn him, uncaring,
unfeeling, laughing at me
as he front runs,
back doors, lies through
his pus filled mouth with his
bulgy eyed bad skin, serpentine breath,
slurping expensive Scottish spirits,
gobbling free pastries,
ogling decent women,
robbering his own wee brother
proof that God has bad days;
back to work for me.



To: Robert Douglas Hickey who wrote (6)8/23/1998 10:22:00 PM
From: Don Martini  Respond to of 1582
 
TO THE SHULUMITE MAIDEN

Thou hast ravished my heart, my Sister, my Bride
Thou has ravished my heart with one of thine eyes

How fair is thy love, my Sister, my Bride
How much better is thy love than wine
And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah
Comely as Jerusalem
Terrible as an army with banners
Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me

How beautiful are thy feet in sandals
O prince's daughter!
Thy rounded thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skillful workman.

Thy body is like a round goblet,
Wherein no mingled wine is wanting:
Thy waist is like a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies

Thy two breasts are like two fawns
That are twins of a roe
Thy neck is like the tower of ivory
Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel
And the hair of thy head like purple
The king is held captive
In the tresses thereof

O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm-tree
And thy breasts to its clusters
I said, I will climb up into the palm tree

And take hold of the branches thereof
Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine
And the smell of thy breath like apples
And thy mouth like the best wine

Set me as a seal upon thy heart As a seal upon thine arm
For love is strong as death, Jealousy is cruel as Sheol
The flashes thereof are flashes of fire
A very flame of Jehovah

HOLY BIBLE: Song of Solomon, also called Canticles
Quoted from the original American Standard Version of 1901

Carmel is a mountain in Israel on the shores of the Mediterranean
Sheol is the grave